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FOODWAYS The Legacy of the Trees: Preserving Historical Edible Landscapes in Arizona STORYTELLING Where’d You Get Those Eyes? The Folklore of Pandas MUSIC Kokayi: D.C. Vocalist, Underdog, Connector of Dots CRAFTS Lag Zo: Making on the Tibetan Plateau Foodways The Legacy of the Trees: Preserving Historical Edible Landscapes in Arizona Storytelling Where’d You Get Those Eyes? The Folklore of Pandas Music Kokayi: D.C. Vocalist, Underdog, Connector of Dots Crafts Lag Zo: Making on the Tibetan Plateau
Perspectives more SOCIAL JUSTICE The Destined Basket Weaver: Enos Banda’s Fight against Polio and Apartheid FOODWAYS A Threat to Traditional Tibetan Foods: Convenience vs. Culture STORYTELLING Norma Elia Cantú on Preserving Culture in Creative Writing
Sights & Sounds more MUSIC The Sonic Landscape of Benin: Music from Smithsonian Folkways SOCIAL JUSTICE Do You Hear the People Sing? A Summer of Protest Music in Hong Kong MUSIC Sound Portraits from Bulgaria: A Journey to a Vanished World MUSIC The Making of a Maestro: Mariachi Los Camperos Leader Chuy Guzmán
Deep Dive more STORYTELLING Composing Identity: A History of Yiddish Folksong in Classical Music STORYTELLING The Life and Death of a Yiddish Puppet Theater SOCIAL JUSTICE A Centennial Glimpse into New Mexico’s Suffrage Movement EDUCATION Masters of Tradition: A Cultural Journey Across America
Material world more ENVIRONMENT Asian and American Ginseng: A Plant’s Migration Around the World FOODWAYS When Food and Culture Are Celebrated Together: Benin’s Yam Festival FOODWAYS Through the Edible Grapevine: Stories of Yalanchi in Armenian Communities
DC Local more MUSIC Music as a Gathering Spot: Cigarette at Franklin Park COMMUNITY The Spirit of D.C. Punk in the Words of Women Musicians EDUCATION Tech-Teach: The Festival’s New Youth Training Program ART & DESIGN The Power of Public Art: Lisa Marie Thalhammer’s Campaign of Love
News & Events more November 21, 2019 Exchange Opportunity for Tibetan Cultural Heritage Professionals in China November 19, 2019 New Film Festival in Paris Celebrates Indigenous Languages November 15, 2019 Smithsonian Secretary Promotes New Shared Stewardship Collections Policy at Senate Hearing November 5, 2019 Center Receives $1.5 Million Philanthropic Gift to Fund Cultural Sustainability Program
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